Acidic composition of matter for use to detroy microorganisms

ABSTRACT

A composition of matter and the  method of making that provides a low pH acidic composition that is useful for destroying microorganisms that are undesirable and useful for destroying or reducing melanomas on human skin. The composition and method include sulfuric acid combined with distilled water and ammonium sulfate under at least 15 psi pressure in a pressurized container, all of which is heated to approximately 800° F. or more for at least 3 hours. The final cooled mixture is stabilized with 10 percent of the original mixture. The resultant composition is useful for preserving food, such as fresh fish, and for skin treatment of melanoma and as bactericides, fungicides, or viricides.

This invention is a Continuation-In-Part of U.S. patent application Ser.No. 08/611,764 filed Mar. 8, 1996 and now U.S. Pat. No. 5,989,595.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

This invention relates to a composition of matter and the method ofmaking improved acidic compositions that are useful for the treatment ofkilling bacteria or other potentially toxic cells, including diseasecells, and specifically to an improved composition of matter and themethod of making that can be used as a bactericide, fungicide,viricides, and for the treatment of skin diseases.

2. Description of the Prior Art

The use of acids and acidic chemicals for killing deleterious organicorganisms, such as bacteria, germs, and viruses is well known in theart. Chlorine or hydrochloric acid is especially useful as a bactericideand is used universally as a cleaning agent.

Bacteria plays an important role in the deterioration of humanfoodstuffs. Foods such as fish are particularly susceptible to rapiddeterioration, especially at room temperature, and compounds for thepreservation of foods or the retardation of bacteria growth have beenemployed in the past. One of the problems with such compounds is that incertain increased levels, they can be toxic to human beings, therebydefeating the purpose of preserving the foodstuffs.

Because of the extremely acidic nature of some of the bactericides andviricides that have been utilized in the past, oftentimes they can causeskin irritation or other side effects for human beings coming in contactwith these compositions, or can even be fatal if accidentally consumed.Chlorine has had other negative implications in terms of theenvironment, and has not been environmentally friendly because of therelease of chlorine gas into the environment.

The present invention provides for a composition of matter and themethod of making it that produces a composition that operates in a verylow pH range to provide toxicity to bacteria, virus, and certainmalignant cells that attack human skin determatologically, while at thesame time proving to be non-toxic to human beings and not harmful tohealthy human cells.

The use of the invention has been found to be helpful as a bactericidefor preserving fresh food items, such as fish, for long periods of timewithout toxically endangering the food product, and has also been founduseful as a dermatological composition to reduce or eliminate melanomaof the skin as a skin care product.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

A composition of matter formed by the following described method hasbeen found to be an effective bactericide, fungicide, viricide, and lowpH acid that is non-toxic to healthy human cells.

The first basic ingredient used is sulfuric acid, preferably of around98 percent purity. The sulfuric acid is placed in a container at apredetermined quantity. The next step is to place distilled water in aseparate container and heat said water to 140° F., at which time 2.77lbs. per gallon of 21 percent active ammonium sulfate is added to thewater using a 316L stainless tube to inject air to dissolve the ammoniumsulfate in the H₂O.

The mixture of sulfuric acid, distilled water, and ammonium sulfate arethemselves injected simultaneously at the predetermined ratio into apressure vessel, preferably made of stainless steel, the volume of whichis significantly larger than the total amount of composition to beobtained. The overall mixture is sprayed by nozzles into the pressurevessel, which is maintained at 15 psi above atmospheric pressure. Atapproximately the 1 ft. of liquid level, a plurality of electrodes aredisposed to contact the liquid as it fills the pressure vessel, with apredetermined amount of DC current (amperage) provided. The positive andnegative electrodes are spaced approximately 3 ft. apart. A DC voltageand current of at least one amp is provided. High pressure air is alsoforced into the liquid from radially disposed radial pipes to cause theoverall mixture to rotate vigorously within the pressure vessel.

The pressure vessel will also include a cooling jacket. The temperatureof the mixture is heated not to exceed 1200° F. and kept at thistemperature for 3 to 4 hours. The pressure vessel permits for release ofgas, which is believed to be hydrogen gas, coming off the mixture.

The mixture is then cooled down to room temperature, at which time astabilizer, which is 10 percent of the total weight of the originalmixture, is introduced into the cool-down mixture. The overallcomposition of the matter is then ready for use, either for example as afresh food preservative, or can be implemented with various skin creamsthat are carriers for use in dermatology for reducing or eliminatingmelanoma on human skin.

For use as a food preservative, the composition of the matter is coatedover items such as fresh fish, with the composition acting as a bacteriaretardant.

The pressure vessel may be made of stainless steel, as are theelectrodes used therein.

In an alternate embodiment, the ammonium sulfate mixture may be replacedby a 46 percent urea substitute, with the methodology being the same asfor the ammonium sulfate composition.

The composition arrived at may be diluted down further, depending on theparticular use, with additional distilled water, much like a typicalacid. Applicant The inventor has found that although the pH is low(below 2), the composition is not deleterious or toxic to health humancells, and does not cause irritation to humans when coming in contactwith the material.

It is an object of this invention to provide an improved composition ofmatter that has desirable acidic (low pH) characteristics that are notharmful or deleterious to organic human cells to destroy microorganismsor in the treatment of skin diseases.

It is another object of this invention to provide an improvedcomposition of matter and the method of making it to create a widelyusable composition for bactericide, fungicide, and complete eliminationand destruction of microorganisms that are toxic to human health.

But yet still another object of this invention is to create acomposition of matter that has numerous applications in areas ofbactericide, viricide, food preservation, and dermatological treatmentof human skin cells to eliminate or reduce diseases of the skin.

In accordance with these and other objects which will become apparenthereinafter, the instant invention will now be described with particularreference to the accompanying drawings.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

The composition of matter forms a highly effective composition to killor retard the growth of microorganisms, especially such as bacteria,viruses, and other microorganisms.

The first basic ingredient used is sulfuric acid, preferably of around98 percent purity. The sulfuric acid is placed in a container at apredetermined quantity. The next step is to place distilled water in aseparate container and heat said water to 140° F., at which time 2.77lbs. per gallon of 21 percent active ammonium sulfate is added to thewater using a 316L stainless tube to inject air to dissolve the ammoniumsulfate in the H₂O.

The resultant ammonium sulfate, water, and sulfuric acid mixturesthemselves are injected simultaneously at the same ratio into a large,stainless steel pressure vessel that is maintained at a pressure of atleast 15 psi above atmospheric pressure. The mixture is forced into thepressure vessel, which itself has positive and negative electrodes forpassing a DC current through the mixture as it is filled into thepressure vessel. At least one amp of DC current is maintainedapproximately 1 ft. above the base of the pressure vessel.

Sparges (sprayers)include spray head nozzle-like sprayers used to forcethe mixture in a sprayed-in form into the pressure vessel.

The temperature of the mixture is raised to approximately 1200° F., andis maintained for 3 to 4 hours. A cooling jacket is required to keep thetemperature below 1200° F. During this process, excess gas is removed,which is believed to be hydrogen gas. A separate gas distributor ismounted within the liquid in the form of perpendicular sprayers thattake air and inject it into the mixture during the heating process,which causes rotation of the fluid, creating a dynamic action in whichthe fluid is rotating about in the pressure vessel. After approximately4 hours, the mixture is allowed to cool down to room temperature. At theend of the cool down period, another 10 percent of the total weight ofthe original mixture is added to the cooled down mixture to act as astabilizer.

The resultant mixture has been found very suitable for direct use as afood preservative for preserving food such as fish for long periods oftime, up to two weeks at room temperature, and when useddermatologically as a cream base has been found to reduce or eliminateskin cancers such as melanoma.

The exact chemical formula for the resultant composition is not clearlyknown.

Applicant has also found that urea can be added to form the mixture inplace of the ammonium sulfate with equally effective results.

EXAMPLE 1

The first basic ingredient used is sulfuric acid, preferably of around98 percent purity. The sulfuric acid is placed in a container at apredetermined quantity. The next step is to place distilled water in aseparate container and heat said water to 140° F., at which time 2.77lbs. per gallon of 21 percent active ammonium sulfate is added to thewater using a 316L stainless tube to inject air to dissolve the ammoniumsulfate in the H₂O.

Simultaneously, the H₂SO₄, and the H₂O, and the ammonium sulfate(NH₄)₂SO₄ are injected into a large 400 gallon, stainless steel vesselthat is maintained at 15 psi above atmospheric pressure through aplurality of sprayers (sparges) (spargers).

Air under pressure is also introduced through sprayers in the bottom ofthe container, perpendicular to the liquid mixture, which forces theliquid mixture to dynamically rotate within the pressure vessel.

Two electrodes, a cathode and anode, provide a DC voltage 1 ft. abovethe bottom of the contained container at approximately 1 to 3 amps, withthe electrodes being 3 ft. apart.

The mixture is heated to 1200° F. and maintained at that temperature for3 to 4 hours, during which time excess hydrogen gas is removed.

After 4 hours, the mixture is allowed to return and cool down to roomtemperature. After cool down, an additional 10 percent of the samemixture is reintroduced into the original cool down mixture to act as astabilizer. Other stabilizers can be substituted. The resultantcomposition can be used as is or diluted with distilled water as a fishpreservative and as applied to the skin of the fish. This would be fishat room temperature that can be preserved for weeks withoutrefrigeration.

The composition can also be added with effective dermatological creams,and without dilution to retard or destroy melanoma cancer cells on humanskin.

EXAMPLE 2

The composition as shown in Example 1 can be altered by the substitutionof urea for the ammonium sulfate in the amount of 46 percent activeurea. The remainder of the methodology will be the same.

It is believed that numerous applications as a bactericide, a fungicide,a viricide or other active acidic cleaning agent can be used for thecompound at extremely low pHs (below 2), while at the same time thecomposition is not an irritant or deleterious to healthy human cells.

The following is an alternate embodiment of the invention.

The mixture shall consist of sulfuric acid, water, and ammonium sulfate,or substitute 46 percent urea for the 21 per cent ammonium sulfate.

One pound of 21 percent ammonium sulfate for gallon of water up to fivepounds of 21 percent ammonium sulfate per gallon of water (Distilled)with the ratio of water and ammonium sulfate to the sulfuric acid beingfrom a 1 to 1 mixture up to a 5 to 1 mixture with the higher numberbeing the water and ammonium sulfate mixture. Mixture ratios are byweight.

Temperature ranges are from 400° F. to 2400° F. and pressures range from5 PSI to 800 PSI and DC voltage ranges are from 1 amp to 100 amps.

There are 4 things that effect affect the rate of reaction of theinvention: temperature, pressure, amperage and amount of product beingused. These four variables then determine how long the process takes.

EXAMPLE 3

Sulfuric acid, preferably around 98% purity, is placed in a container ina predetermined quantity.

The next step is to place distilled water in a separate container andheat the water to approximately 140° F. at which time 2.77 pounds pergallon of 21 percent active ammonium sulfate is added to the water usinga 316L stainless tube to inject air to dissolve the ammonium sulfate inthe water.

Simultaneously, H₂SO₄ and H₂O and the aluminum ammonium sulfate(NH₄)₂SO₄ are injected into the large 400 gallon stainless steel vesselthat is maintained at 15 psi above atmospheric pressure through aplurality of sprayers (sponges) (spargers).

Air under pressure is also introduced through sprayers in the bottom ofthe container, perpendicular to the liquid mixture, which forces theliquid mixture to dynamically rotate within the pressure vessel.

Two electrodes, a cathode and an anode provide a DC voltage one footabove the bottom of the container at approximately 3 amps with theelectrodes being three feet apart.

The mixture is heated to 800° F. and maintained at that temperature forthree to four hours during which time excess hydrogen gas is removed.

After four hours, the mixture is allowed to return and cool down to roomtemperature. After cool down, an additional lot of the same mixture isreintroduced into the original cool down mixture to act as a stabilizer.The result in resulting composition can be used as is or diluted withdistilled water as a fish preservative and as applied to the skin of thefish.

The instant invention has been shown and described herein in what isconsidered to be the most practical and preferred embodiment. It isrecognized, however, that departures may be made therefrom within thescope of the invention and that obvious modifications will occur to aperson skilled in the art.

1. A composition of matter useful for the treatment of killingmicroorganism and human skin diseases, produced by the steps consistingthat is not an irritant, produced by the process of: combining sulfuricacid of 98% purity in a 1 to 2 volume ratio with distilled water andammonium sulfate in a ratio of 2.77 lbs. 1 pound to 5 pounds of ammoniumsulfate per gallon of distilled water to provide mixture (I); combiningthe mixture (I) in a pressurized vessel at a pressure that is 15 psiabove atmospheric pressure and heating the mixture to at least 800degrees Fahrenheit for at least 30 minutes; cooling the mixture; andafter the mixture is cooled, adding a stabilizer which comprises 10weight percent of the total weight of the mixture (I).
 2. Thecomposition of claim 1, wherein once the mixture is heated, the mixtureis stirred vigorously by air under pressure in said pressurized vessel.3. The composition of claim 1, wherein the mixture is introduced underpressure into the pressurized vessel by spraying into the vessel.
 4. Acomposition of matter useful for the treatment of killing microorganismand human skin diseases, produced by the steps consisting that is not anirritant, produced by the process of: combining sulfuric acid of 98percent purity in a 1 to 2 volume ratio with distilled water and urea ina ratio of 2.77 lbs. 1 pound to 5 pounds of urea per gallon of distilledwater to provide a mixture (II); combining the mixture (II) in apressurized vessel at a pressure that is 15 psi above atmosphericpressure and heating the mixture to at least 800 degrees Fahrenheit forat least 3 hours; cooling the mixture; and after the mixture is cooled,adding a stabilizer which comprises 10 weight percent of the totalweight of mixture (II).
 5. A method of preparing a composition of matterthat is useful for the treatment of killing microorganisms and humanskin diseases, not an irritant, comprising the steps of: (a) preparing asulfuric acid of 98 percent purity in a first container; (b) heatingdistilled water in a ratio of twice the volume of said sulfuric acid ina separate container to at least 140° F.; (c) mixing ammonium sulfate insaid heated water in a ratio of 2.77 lbs. 1 pound to 5 pounds ofammonium sulfate per gallon of water; (d) simultaneously combining themixture of sulfuric acid, heated distilled water, and ammonium sulfate(mixture III) into a separate pressurized vessel by injection ; (e)heating the pressurized mixture to at least 800° F. for at least 3hours; and (f) cooling said mixture and adding a stabilizer in to saidcooled mixture, wherein said stabilizer comprises 10 weight percent ofthe total weight of mixture (III), whereby a composition of matterresults that is useful for the treatment of killing deleteriousmicroorganisms.
 6. The composition of claim 1, wherein the water isdistilled water.
 7. The composition of claim 4, wherein the water isdistilled water.
 8. The method of claim 4, wherein urea is mixed at aratio of 2.77 pounds of urea per gallon of water.
 9. The method of claim5, wherein the water is distilled water.
 10. The method of claim 5,wherein ammonium sulfate is mixed at a ratio of 2.77 pounds of ammoniumsulfate per gallon of water.
 11. The method of claim 5, wherein the stepof the simultaneously combining includes the step of: simultaneouslycombining the mixture of sulfuric acid, the heated water, and ammoniumsulfate (mixture III) into the separate pressurized vessel by injection.